Written Answers Thursday 17 September 2009

Scottish Executive

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been treated for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction in each NHS board in each of the last five years.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received medical services for the treatment of drug addiction for each NHS board in each of the last five years.

Fergus Ewing: It is not possible from centrally held information to identify how many people have been treated for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction.

  However, from the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) it is possible to supply information on the number of people entering treatment at drugs services. Table 1 shows the number of new patients/clients entering treatment for drug misuse by NHS board of treatment in each of the last five years. 2007-08 is the most recent year for which information is currently available.

  Data on the number of people entering alcohol services for treatment is not held centrally. However, the Scottish Alcohol Needs Assessment research report estimated that, across Scotland in 2006-07, approximately 17,000 people accessed alcohol treatment services. In addition, from acute hospital discharges it is possible to provide the number of people discharged from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence. Table 2 shows the numbers of patients discharged from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence by NHS board of treatment in each of the last five years. 2007-08 is the most recent year for which information is currently available.

  Table 1: New Individual Patients/Clients1 Reported to the Scottish Drugs Misuse Database by NHS Board of Treatment2: 2003-04 to 2007-083,4

  

 
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08


 Scotland
 12,238
 13,714
 12,977
 12,421
 12,562


 Ayrshire and Arran
 1,295
 1,293
 1,232
 1,141
 834


 Borders
 192
 238
 282
 189
 257


 Dumfries and Galloway
 202
 192
 269
 322
 204


 Fife
 982
 1,004
 1,168
 1,289
 1,843


 Forth Valley
 402
 375
 511
 570
 528


 Grampian
 1,146
 992
 962
 879
 1,049


 Greater Glasgow
 4,275
 3,994
 3,819
 3,409
 3,085


 Highland
 700
 1,154
 638
 828
 502


 Lanarkshire
 586
 1,760
 1,013
 741
 846


 Lothian
 2,048
 2,245
 2,212
 2,072
 2,126


 Orkney
 14
 11
 *
 *
 *


 Shetland
 27
 17
 41
 52
 42


 Tayside
 525
 545
 908
 913
 1,273


 Western Isles
 *
 20
 17
 22
 27


 Unknown
 -
 -
 *
 61
 *



  Source: ISD Scotland (SMR25 Interim Database), Ref: 2009-02077, Date Extracted: 7 September 2009.

  Notes:

  - (Zero).

  * Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

  1. New patient/client is any person who, at the time of presenting, is not currently in contact with a service that provides specialist assessment of a client’s drug misuse care needs.

  2. Individuals are included once within each NHS board area but may appear in the figures for more than one health board. Therefore the sum of local area data may not equal the Scotland figure.

  3. From April 2006 the new SMR25a form was introduced. Changes to the data collection mean that figures are not directly comparable with those published from the SMR24 form i.e. prior to April 2006.

  4. General Practitioner data has not been included in this analysis.

  Table 2: General acute hospital1 inpatients with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence2,3 by NHS Health Board of Treatment4,5: 2003-04 to 2007-08:

  

 
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08


 Scotland
 2,870
 3,320
 3,443
 3,494
 3,467


 Ayrshire and Arran
 210
 322
 291
 307
 263


 Borders
 49
 52
 47
 54
 45


 Dumfries and Galloway
 38
 53
 50
 48
 58


 Fife
 139
 183
 187
 214
 151


 Forth Valley
 102
 135
 144
 153
 171


 Grampian
 338
 442
 346
 337
 364


 Greater Glasgow
 931
 890
 954
 901
 951


 Highland
 223
 207
 226
 254
 266


 Lanarkshire
 78
 146
 188
 154
 154


 Lothian
 441
 522
 582
 682
 618


 Orkney
 39
 47
 44
 47
 54


 Shetland
 14
 *
 12
 11
 12


 Tayside
 219
 205
 231
 185
 232


 Western Isles
 66
 116
 153
 154
 128


 Outside Scotland
 *
 *
 *
 9
 16



  Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01), Ref: 2009-02077, Date Extracted: 7th September 2009.

  Notes:

  * Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

  1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals. Transfer cases have also been excluded.

  2. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of alcohol dependence may vary from hospital to hospital. Where alcohol dependence is suspected but unconfirmed it may not be recorded by the hospital.

  3. Diseases are recorded using the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Alcohol dependence: F10.2. Up to six diagnoses are recorded. All six diagnoses have been used to identify alcohol dependence.

  4. Figures in the table only relate to those individuals who are treated as inpatients. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients or individuals attending accident and emergency who are not subsequently admitted.

  5. The same patient may have been admitted multiple times within the year (for example, if a patient has been admitted six times in the year this counts as five repeat admissions).

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage was in each of the last five years of people who had been treated previously receiving further treatment for (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction.

Fergus Ewing: It is not possible from centrally held information to identify the percentage of people previously treated for drug or alcohol addiction.

  Until 2008, the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) collected data based on the initial assessment of new patients. The new follow-up reporting system, currently being rolled-out across Scotland, will allow patients to be tracked through treatment and reveal the numbers receiving further treatment.

  Data on the number of people entering alcohol services for treatment are not held centrally. However, the Scottish Alcohol Needs Assessment research report estimated that, across Scotland in 2006-07, approximately 17,000 people accessed alcohol treatment services. No information is available on the number of those individuals who had previously been treated for alcohol problems. However, from general acute hospital discharges it is possible to provide the percentage of patients discharged from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence who have previously been discharged with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence.

  Table 1 shows the number of patients discharged from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence in each of the last five years, and the number and percentage of patients previously discharged with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence in any of the five years prior. 2007-08 is the most recent year for which information is currently available.

  Table 1: General Acute Hospital1 Inpatients with a Diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence2,3,4: Scotland 2003-04 to 2007-08

  

 
 
 2003-04
 2004-05
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08


 Patients
 n
 2,870
 3,320
 3,443
 3,494
 3,467


 Patients discharged more than once in the last 5 years with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence5
 n
 1,135
 1,240
 1,324
 1,340
 1,355


%
40
37
38
38
39



  Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01), Ref: 2009-02076, Date Extracted: 7 September 2009.

  Notes:

  1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals. Transfer cases have also been excluded.

  2. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of alcohol dependence may vary from hospital to hospital. Where alcohol dependence is suspected but unconfirmed it may not be recorded by the hospital.

  3. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Alcohol dependence: F10.2. Up to six diagnoses are recorded. All six diagnoses have been used to identify alcohol dependence.

  4. Figures in the table only relate to those individuals who are treated as inpatients. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients or individuals attending accident and emergency who are not subsequently admitted.

  5. Patients are counted as having had a previous alcohol dependence discharge if the patient has been discharged with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence more than once in the five year period prior to the date reported on. For example: for patients discharged in 2003-04 prior alcohol dependence discharges were looked for in the preceding five years i.e. 1999-2000 to 2003-04.

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board and local authority spent on treating (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction in each of the last five years.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on specialist medical drug treatment services for people with a drug addiction problem by each NHS board in each of the last five years.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on social care and rehabilitation services for people with a drug addiction problem by each NHS board in each of the last five years.

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on social care and rehabilitation services for people with a drug addiction problem by each local authority in each of the last five years.

Fergus Ewing: The Scottish Government allocates funding to NHS boards for drug treatment and rehabilitation services and for alcohol treatment and support services. Tables 1 and 2 provide the funding allocations from the Scottish Government to NHS boards for each of the last five years.

  These tables do not provide the complete picture of NHS spend on drug treatment and rehabilitation or alcohol treatment and support services; NHS boards and other local partners are able to supplement these funds to tackle problem drug and alcohol misuse use, in order to meet the needs of the local population.

  Local authorities hold data on the amount that they spend on treating adults with addictions and substance misuse problems, this includes both drug and alcohol services. Table 3 provides the net revenue expenditure on adults with addictions and substance misuse problems by local authority for each of the last five years for which data is available; these figures are not yet available for 2008-09 or 2009-10.

  Information on how much is spent by local authorities and NHS boards specifically on social care, rehabilitation and specialist medical treatment for drug and alcohol addictions is not held centrally; it is for local authorities and NHS boards to commission services to meet the needs of the local population.

  Table 1: Health Board allocations for Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation

  

NHS Board  
 2005-06
 2006-7
 2007-8
 2008-9
 2009-10


£0
£0
£0
£0
£0


 Argyll and Clyde*
 2,226
 2,226
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A


 Ayrshire and Arran
 1,155
 1,155
 1,155
 1,198
 1,360


 Borders
 189
 189
 189
 196
 222


 Dumfries and Galloway
 482
 482
 482
 500
 568


 Fife 
 1,378
 1,378
 1,378
 1,430
 1,623


 Forth Valley 
 828
 828
 828
 859
 975


 Grampian
 2,202
 2,202
 2,202
 2,285
 2,593


 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 6,392
 6,392
 8,114
 8,422
 9,559


 Highland 
 489
 489
 993
 1,031
 1,170


 Lanarkshire
 1,591
 1,591
 1,591
 1,651
 1,874


 Lothian
 4,645
 4,645
 4,645
 4,821
 5,472


 Orkney
 54
 54
 54
 56
 64


 Shetland
 72
 72
 72
 75
 85


 Tayside
 1,965
 1,965
 1,965
 2,039
 2,314


 Western Isles
 101
 101
 101
 105
 119


 Scotland 
 23,769
 23,769
 23,769
 24,668
 27,998



  Note: *Argyll and Clyde Health Board was split between Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Highland Health Boards in 2007.

  Table 2: Health Board Allocations for Alcohol Treatment and Support Services

  

 NHS Board
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08
 2008-09
 2009-10


 
£0
£0
£0
£0
£0


 Argyll and Clyde*
 915
 915
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A


 Ayrshire and Arran
 706
 706
 722
 1,775
 2,491


 Borders
 280
 280
 286
 701
 984


 Dumfries and Galloway
 359
 359
 367
 898
 1,225


 Fife 
 659
 659
 674
 1,637
 2,472


 Forth Valley 
 488
 488
 499
 1,275
 1,902


 Grampian
 699
 699
 715
 2,014
 2,805


 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 2,190
 2,190
 2,965
 6,325
 9,059


 Highland 
 466
 466
 689
 1,496
 2,268


 Lanarkshire
 814
 814
 833
 2,456
 3,435


 Lothian
 1,107
 1,107
 1,132
 3,401
 5,311


 Orkney
 221
 221
 226
 333
 417


 Shetland
 221
 221
 226
 345
 434


 Tayside
 556
 556
 569
 1,817
 2,700


 Western Isles
 221
 221
 226
 391
 498


 Scotland 
 9,902
 9,902
 10,130
 24,865
 36,000



  Note: *Argyll and Clyde Health Board was split between Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Highland Health Boards in 2007.

  Table 3: Local Authorities’ Net Revenue Expenditure on Adults with Addictions and Substance Misuse Problems

  

 Local Authority
2003-04 £0
2004-05 £0
2005-06 £0
2006-07 £0
2007-08 £0


 Aberdeen City 
 2,364
 2,518
 2,647
 2,736
 2,517


 Aberdeenshire
 769
 1,178
 1,200
 1,197
 1,441


 Angus
 219
 235
 248
 250
 313


 Argyll and Bute
 176
 195
 170
 84
 241


 Clackmannanshire
 67
 67
 54
 145
 153


 Dumfries and Galloway
 406
 440
 466
 431
 459


 Dundee City 
 275
 252
 285
 280
 276


 East Ayrshire
 231
 169
 139
 163
 163


 East Dunbartonshire 
 352
 239
 139
 244
 270


 East Lothian 
 198
 207
 285
 289
 7


 East Renfrewshire 
 487
 285
 135
 249
 110


 Edinburgh, City of
 1,674
 1,698
 1,777
 1,986
 1,710


 Eilean Siar
 101
 106
 114
 53
 92


 Falkirk 
 276
 453
 334
 231
 129


 Fife 
 559
 848
 1,087
 844
 816


 Glasgow City 
 7,521
 7,624
 8,570
 7,937
 9,250


 Highland 
 777
 778
 766
 737
 1,007


 Inverclyde
 706
 629
 663
 592
 638


 Midlothian 
 100
 369
 344
 351
 14


 Moray
 133
 156
 147
 206
 206


 North Ayrshire
 703
 841
 1,236
 1,177
 1,028


 North Lanarkshire 
 1,044
 877
 1,068
 1,368
 2,239


 Orkney Islands 
 91
 37
 30
 10
 13


 Perth and Kinross
 454
 414
 466
 377
 450


 Renfrewshire
 900
 765
 753
 674
 1,289


 Scottish Borders
 205
 163
 194
 194
 184


 Shetland Islands 
 48
 65
 106
 181
 303


 South Ayrshire
 199
 221
 238
 367
 270


 South Lanarkshire 
 832
 640
 700
 660
 735


 Stirling 
 244
 333
 345
 512
 416


 West Dunbartonshire 
 319
 729
 725
 839
 830


 West Lothian 
 311
 381
 429
 416
 306


 Scotland 
 22,741
 23,912
 25,860
 25,780
 27,875



  Source: Local Financial Returns (LFR 3 - Social Work) 2003-04 to 2007-08.

  Note: 1. All figures are Net Revenue Expenditure

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people received social care and rehabilitation services for those with a drug addiction problem for each NHS board and local authority in each of the last five years.

Fergus Ewing: Information on the number of patients receiving social care and rehabilitation services is not held centrally. However, information is available on the number of interventions offered for community based support and rehabilitation. Note that this may be an overestimate of the number receiving treatment because not all those offered an appointment may enter treatment. The number of interventions offered is available from the Drug Treatment Waiting Times Framework from April 2005 only. Information is collected by Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADATs) and submitted to ISD every quarter. For this reason it cannot be broken down by local authority area; however, it can be aggregated to NHS health board level.

  The following tables show the number of interventions offered where the appointment is scheduled for the quarter shown. Information on community based support/ rehabilitation is shown in table 1 and information on residential detoxification/ rehabilitation is shown in table 2.

  Note that the quality and completeness of data varies between health boards and between quarters and caution is recommended when interpreting these figures.

  Table 1: Number of interventions offered1 for community based support/ rehabilitation2 by health board4,5, where the appointment was scheduled for the quarter ending with the date shown.

  1a. Prior to the dissolution of the Argyll and Clyde Health Board and the creation of the expanded Highland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Boards:

  

 Health Board Area
30 June 2005
30 September 2005
31 December 2005
31 March 2006
30 June 2006
30 September 2006
31 December 2006
31 
March 2007
30 
June 
2007


 Scotland6
 734
 856
 819
 1,010
 859
 860
 805
 1,046
 1,325


 Argyll and Clyde
 101
 165
 135
 202
 150
 118
 189
 183
 200


 Ayrshire and Arran
 8
 X
 70
 59
 45
 86
 X
 X
 132


 Borders
 9
 *
 *
 50
 0
 *
 *
 *
 *


 Dumfries and Galloway
 50
 28
 26
 58
 61
 47
 31
 75
 100


 Fife
 214
 152
 139
 203
 177
 197
 X
 234
 209


 Forth Valley
 *
 *
 *
 X
 *
 6
 0
 0
 0


 Grampian
 24
 16
 17
 21
 11
 31
 *
 26
 55


 Greater Glasgow
 148
 210
 221
 161
 192
 195
 261
 269
 233


 Highland
 X
 42
 34
 *
 7
 X
 *
 *
 *


 Lanarkshire
 57
 37
 56
 72
 88
 58
 100
 117
 165


 Lothian
 105
 188
 107
 164
 104
 88
 180
 108
 118


 Orkney
 0
 X
 *
 *
 *
 *
 13
 X
 X


 Shetland
 0
 0
 0
 0
 *
 *
 0
 0
 0


 Tayside
 12
 *
 8
 6
 13
 25
 21
 27
 57


 Western Isles
 *
 *
 0
 0
 0
 0
 X
 0
 X



  1b. Following the dissolution of the Argyll and Clyde Health Board and the creation of the expanded Highland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Boards:

  

 Health Board Area
30 September 2007
31 December 2007
31 
March 2008
30 June 2008
30 September 2008
31 
December 2008
31 
March 2009


 Scotland6
 1,479
 1,215
 1,272
 1,511
 1,426
 1,474
 1,456


 Ayrshire and Arran
 125
 149
 161
 237
 162
 168
 208


 Borders
 *
 *
 6
 *
 6
 *
 6


 Dumfries and Galloway
 75
 92
 66
 61
 43
 53
 17


 Fife
 219
 X
 172
 160
 163
 159
 157


 Forth Valley
 0
 0
 0
 0
 25
 6
 53


 Grampian
 44
 32
 28
 57
 45
 28
 29


 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 396
 377
 358
 435
 589
 573
 431


 Highland (including Argyll and Bute)
 37
 63
 25
 51
 31
 42
 39


 Lanarkshire
 194
 173
 183
 136
 164
 169
 163


 Lothian
 275
 261
 220
 307
 103
 193
 273


 Orkney
 *
 X
 *
 *
 *
 X
 *


 Shetland
 *
 *
 0
 0
 0
 0
 *


 Tayside
 94
 61
 49
 55
 80
 73
 63


 Western Isles
 *
 0
 *
 0
 *
 *
 13



  Notes:

  *Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

  X No data submitted for this quarter.

  Table 2: Number of interventions offered1 for residential detoxification/ rehabilitation3 by health board4,5, where the appointment was scheduled for the quarter ending with the date shown.

  2a. Prior to the dissolution of the Argyll and Clyde Health Board and the creation of the expanded Highland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Boards:

  

 Health Board Area
30 June 2005
30 September 2005
31 December 2005
31 March 2006
30 June 2006
30 September 2006
31 December 2006
31 March 2007
30 June 2007


 Scotland6
 213
 168
 375
 174
 185
 183
 157
 191
 235


 Argyll and Clyde
 *
 23
 27
 *
 *
 *
 6
 *
 8


 Ayrshire and Arran
 *
 X
 8
 *
 15
 11
 X
 X
 6


 Borders
 53
 *
 36
 27
 *
 33
 29
 24
 8


 Dumfries and Galloway
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Fife
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 X
 0
 0


 Forth Valley
 0
 0
 0
 X
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Grampian
 *
 11
 *
 12
 20
 13
 7
 17
 14


 Greater Glasgow
 147
 126
 133
 124
 140
 106
 101
 145
 178


 Highland
 X
 0
 0
 0
 0
 X
 0
 0
 0


 Lanarkshire
 *
 0
 *
 0
 0
 *
 0
 0
 11


 Lothian
 0
 0
 165
 0
 0
 13
 14
 *
 10


 Orkney
 0
 X
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 X
 X


 Shetland
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Tayside
 0
 *
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Western Isles
 0
 0
 0
 0
 *
 0
 X
 0
 X



  2b. Following the dissolution of the Argyll and Clyde Health Board and the creation of the expanded Highland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Boards:

  

 Health Board Area
30 September 2007
31 December 2007
31 March 2008
30 June 2008
30 September 2008
31 December 2008
31 March 2009


 Scotland6
 250
 289
 245
 291
 183
 210
 161


 Ayrshire and Arran
 *
 *
 0
 6
 *
 *
 *


 Borders
 8
 47
 51
 12
 9
 11
 50


 Dumfries and Galloway
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Fife
 0
 X
 0
 0
 *
 *
 0


 Forth Valley
 0
 9
 32
 20
 0
 0
 0


 Grampian
 6
 *
 0
 *
 *
 10
 19


 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 185
 192
 130
 212
 152
 158
 57


 Highland (including Argyll and Bute)
 *
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 *


 Lanarkshire
 12
 6
 10
 9
 13
 10
 21


 Lothian
 35
 32
 22
 30
 *
 16
 *


 Orkney
 0
 X
 0
 0
 0
 X
 0


 Shetland
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 *


 Tayside
 *
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


 Western Isles
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0



  Notes:

  *Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure.

  X No data submitted for this quarter.

  1. The number of interventions offered is approximately the same as the number of clients offered treatment. Occasionally a client may be offered more than one intervention in the same quarter, meaning that the total number of clients may be slightly smaller than the number of interventions.

  2. Community based support/ rehabilitation involves interventions that have the purpose of tackling the social and psychological problems faced by the client (such as debt and benefit problems, relationship and family issues, relapse prevention, and employability and training issues), and includes structured day programmes, counselling, and group work. Clients may be in receipt of other treatment interventions in parallel with community based support and rehabilitation (e.g. substitute prescribing).

  3. Residential detoxification/ rehabilitation is detoxification and/or rehabilitation that involves the client being admitted to a residential facility or hospital.

  4. Data are submitted by NHS services and non-NHS services (local government and voluntary sector).

  5. Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (ADATs) collect and quality assure data, and submit aggregate reports to ISD each quarter. Data quality varies across ADATs and over time.

  6. The Scotland figure is an aggregate of the information provided from ADATs. It should be noted that the number of services submitting data varies significantly from area to area and within areas across the data collection period and caution is recommended when interpreting these figures. The Scotland figure includes any data that have been suppressed at the health board levels to prevent disclosure.

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the prevalence of drug addiction is in each NHS board and local authority area.

Fergus Ewing: Data on the prevalence of drug addiction are not held centrally. However, estimates of the prevalence of problem drug misuse (those misusing opiates and benzodiazepines) are contained in the study Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland . Estimates for 2003 can be found at:

  http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/local/prevreport2004.pdf.

  Estimates are given by local authority area in table 3 on page 16 and by NHS board in table 10 on page 29. In both cases figures relate to those aged between 15 and 54.

  Estimates relating to 2006 will be published by ISD Scotland on 6 October 2009 on the Drug Misuse Information Scotland website at http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/.

Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 have been reported to procurators fiscal in each year since 2005.

Frank Mulholland: The following table shows the number of charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 that were reported to Procurator Fiscals since the financial year 2005-06.

  Charges: Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 20051,2 

  

 Total Charges Reported
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08
 2008-09
 Grand Total


 COPFS
 273
 527
 591
 630
 2,021



  Notes:

  1. The information for this question has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency the database will record details only of the amended charge.

  2. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.

Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005

Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many charges under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 reported to procurators fiscal have been the subject of court proceedings in each year since 2005.

Frank Mulholland: The following table shows (for charges reported in each financial year) the number of charges which resulted in a prosecution. A number of charges are still subject of on-going court proceedings and these are included in the following table.

  Charges: Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 20051,2 

  

 Charges Subject of Court Proceedings
 2005-06
 2006-07
 2007-08
 2008-09
 Total


 232
 437
 463
 524
 1,656



  Notes:

  1. The information for this question has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency the database will record details only of the amended charge.

  2. The database is charge-based. The figures quoted therefore relate to the number of charges rather than the number of individuals charged or the number of incidents that gave rise to such charges.

Football

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what representation it has made to the Scottish Football Review Committee, chaired by Henry McLeish.

Shona Robison: Both the First Minister (9 June) and Deputy First Minister (15 September) have hosted meetings with Henry McLeish at which the Scottish Football Review was discussed. The Minister for Public Health and Sport has also had a detailed discussion with Mr McLeish on 16 September.

Further Education

Liam McArthur (Orkney) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the Scottish Agricultural College’s disease surveillance budget is spent on work carried out at the veterinary laboratory in Thurso.

Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Government commissions a programme of veterinary surveillance from the Scottish Agricultural College who hold responsibility for distributing the budget appropriately between veterinary investigation centres across Scotland. The veterinary surveillance element of the support provided to SAC Veterinary Services is just over £3 million in the current financial year.

Further Education

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what financial assistance is available for students over the age of 55 wishing to study Higher National Diploma courses.

Fiona Hyslop: Information relating to financial assistance available to students over the age of 55 wishing to study Higher National courses is available from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland. Please refer to their website http://www.saas.gov.uk/ .

Further Education

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what additional support will be made available to those colleges that did not receive a share of the £7.7 million to tackle the rise in student applications due to the recession.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gave the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on which colleges should receive funding from the additional £7.7 million for college places announced by the SFC on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used when deciding which colleges would receive funding from the additional £7.7 million for college places announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used when deciding which local authorities would receive funding from the additional £7.7 million for college places announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what information was used as the basis for the decisions made about the distribution of £7.7 million of additional funding for college places announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009 and whether this information is publicly available.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what reasons have been given to the colleges that will not receive any of the additional £7.7 million of funding for college places that was announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what studies have been carried out into the contribution that colleges make to reducing unemployment and whether the conclusions of any such studies were used in deciding which colleges would receive funding from the additional £7.7 million for college places announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to decide which colleges will receive funding from the £12 million for college buildings and facilities announced in its news release of 4 June 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will be used to decide which colleges will receive funding in 2010-11 from the additional £8.4 million for extra college places announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether colleges that have not received any of the additional £7.7 million of funding announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009 will be given priority access to the £8.4 million funding for 2010-11.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring there will be to ensure that the £7.7 million of additional funding for colleges for 2009-10 provides more college places in 2009-10.

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether, if all of the £7.7 million of additional funding announced by the Scottish Funding Council on 9 July 2009 is not spent in 2009-10, the remaining funding will be reallocated to colleges that were not initially allocated funding.

Fiona Hyslop: Decisions on the funding of individual colleges are a matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I will ask the Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council to reply to the member.

Further Education

Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be announced which colleges will receive funding from the additional £12 million for college buildings and facilities announced in its new release of 4 June 2009.

Fiona Hyslop: Decisions on the funding of individual colleges are a matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I will ask the Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council to reply to the member. I understand the announcement in question was made by the Scottish Funding Council on 4 September 2009.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage increase in same-day care and treatment was in each NHS board in each of the last five years.

Nicola Sturgeon: It is not possible from centrally held data to identify all activity undertaken as same-day care.

  However, figures for outpatients and day-cases are routinely published by the Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland at the following address http:--www.isdscotland.org-isd-4066.html.

  The Excel file "Annual and quarterly summary information by NHS board of Treatment.xls" provides trend information over the past 10 years.

  The BADS1 (the British Association of Day Surgery) directory is a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. The table below gives the number of these procedures carried out in a day surgery setting (as day-cases, first and return outpatients, and inpatients with a length of stay of 0 days) by NHS board, for each of the past five years. The table also shows annual percentage changes of the total number of BADS1 procedures carried out on the same day.

  Please note it is known that there is a degree of under-recording of procedures carried out in an outpatient setting on the SMR00 national return, and hence the outpatient figures represent an under-count of the true volume of BADS activity. ISD are currently working with NHS boards to address this.

  Note: 1. The British Association of Day Surgery (BADS) was founded in 1989 to encourage the expansion of day surgery. As part of this, BADS has published a directory of surgical procedures. This directory contains aspirational goals for day surgery (including outpatient surgery). The BADS directory of procedures provides a focus for clinicians and managers involved in the planning and provision of short stay elective surgery as well as a list of procedures that are appropriate for a day surgery setting. Further information about BADS can be found here:

  http://www.daysurgeryuk.org/bads/joomla/.

  Analysis of BADS1 procedures carried out in a same-day care setting2 over financial years 2003-04 – 2008-093, by NHS Board of Treatment

  

 Health Board of Treatment
 Financial Year
 Day Cases
 Inpatients 
  (with a 0 Day Stay)
 Outpatients
 Total Same-Day BADS Procedures
 % Increase in BADS


 Scotland
 2003-04
 83,902
 5,893
 35,483
 125,278
 -


 2004-05
 88,224
 6,321
 38,942
 133,487
 6.6%


 2005-06
 97,401
 7,004
 37,955
 142,360
 6.6%


 2006-07
 101,921
 7,867
 39,517
 149,305
 4.9%


 2007-08
 103,894
 7,873
 37,526
 149,293
 0.0%


 2008-09
 110,978
 8,927
 38,104
 158,009
 5.8%


 Ayrshire and Arran
 2003-04
 5,809
 386
 3,965
 10,160
 -


 2004-05
 6,095
 461
 3,518
 10,074
 -0.8%


 2005-06
 6,360
 505
 4,393
 11,258
 11.8%


 2006-07
 6,681
 707
 4,826
 12,214
 8.5%


 2007-08
 7,157
 603
 4,453
 12,213
 0.0%


 2008-09
 8,117
 603
 4,448
 13,168
 7.8%


 Borders
 2003-04
 1,805
 128
 870
 2,803
 -


 2004-05
 1,799
 111
 1,090
 3,000
 7.0%


 2005-06
 2,041
 115
 2,006
 4,162
 38.7%


 2006-07
 2,015
 136
 2,143
 4,294
 3.2%


 2007-08
 2,055
 132
 2,269
 4,456
 3.8%


 2008-09
 2,098
 149
 2,511
 4,758
 6.8%


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2003-04
 2,769
 146
 2,339
 5,254
 -


 2004-05
 2,740
 213
 3,175
 6,128
 16.6%


 2005-06
 4,408
 141
 1,311
 5,860
 -4.4%


 2006-07
 4,676
 128
 1,219
 6,023
 2.8%


 2007-08
 5,076
 265
 1,200
 6,541
 8.6%


 2008-09
 5,843
 129
 593
 6,565
 0.4%


 Fife
 2003-04
 5,180
 267
 7,303
 12,750
 -


 2004-05
 5,184
 427
 7,653
 13,264
 4.0%


 2005-06
 5,719
 369
 7,805
 13,893
 4.7%


 2006-07
 6,017
 419
 7,945
 14,381
 3.5%


 2007-08
 5,847
 441
 7,097
 13,385
 -6.9%


 2008-09
 5,693
 403
 7,882
 13,978
 4.4%


 Forth Valley
 2003-04
 6,030
 252
 833
 7,115
 -


 2004-05
 5,896
 316
 833
 7,045
 -1.0%


 2005-06
 5,494
 422
 606
 6,522
 -7.4%


 2006-07
 6,710
 385
 1,029
 8,124
 24.6%


 2007-08
 5,344
 238
 2,323
 7,905
 -2.7%


 2008-09
 4,853
 596
 3,311
 8,760
 10.8%


 Golden Jubilee Hospital
 2003-04
 859
 64
 323
 1,246
 -


 2004-05
 1,582
 52
 32
 1,666
 33.7%


 2005-06
 2,917
 229
 0
 3,146
 88.8%


 2006-07
 3,876
 408
 0
 4,284
 36.2%


 2007-08
 4,096
 0
 0
 4,096
 -4.4%


 2008-09
 2,687
 10
 0
 2,697
 -34.2%


 Grampian
 2003-04
 4,424
 272
 6,498
 11,194
 -


 2004-05
 4,586
 376
 7,267
 12,229
 9.2%


 2005-06
 5,375
 493
 8,148
 14,016
 14.6%


 2006-07
 6,706
 542
 8,870
 16,118
 15.0%


 2007-08
 6,791
 584
 7,468
 14,843
 -7.9%


 2008-09
 9,438
 707
 6,680
 16,825
 13.4%



  Notes:

  2. Includes day cases, first and return outpatients and inpatients with a length of stay of 0 days (as there are cases of Inpatients with a length of stay of 0 days).

  3. Years ending 31 March.

  

 Health Board of Treatment
 Financial Year
 Day cases
 Inpatients 
  (with a 0 day stay)
 Outpatients
 Total same-day BADS Procedures
 % Increase in BADS


 Greater Glasgow and Clyde
 2003-04
 23,556
 2,185
 5,462
 31,203
 -


 2004-05
 25,160
 1,942
 5,044
 32,146
 3.0%


 2005-06
 28,062
 2,243
 4,536
 34,841
 8.4%


 2006-07
 28,542
 2,401
 4,514
 35,457
 1.8%


 2007-08
 29,711
 2,682
 4,588
 36,981
 4.3%


 2008-09
 31,021
 3,026
 4,765
 38,812
 5.0%


 Highland
 2003-04
 3,825
 168
 1,744
 5,737
 -


 2004-05
 4,420
 194
 1,939
 6,553
 14.2%


 2005-06
 4,902
 211
 1,997
 7,110
 8.5%


 2006-07
 5,095
 230
 1,542
 6,867
 -3.4%


 2007-08
 5,629
 234
 1,385
 7,248
 5.5%


 2008-09
 6,245
 310
 1,953
 8,508
 17.4%


 Lanarkshire
 2003-04
 8,916
 651
 2,040
 11,607
 -


 2004-05
 8,282
 554
 3,358
 12,194
 5.1%


 2005-06
 8,693
 513
 3,368
 12,574
 3.1%


 2006-07
 9,894
 577
 1,046
 11,517
 -8.4%


 2007-08
 9,400
 530
 1,184
 11,114
 -3.5%


 2008-09
 11,555
 630
 1,484
 13,669
 23.0%


 Lothian
 2003-04
 14,016
 814
 1,770
 16,600
 -


 2004-05
 15,174
 1,033
 2,174
 18,381
 10.7%


 2005-06
 15,387
 1,207
 718
 17,312
 -5.8%


 2006-07
 13,298
 1,258
 4,042
 18,598
 7.4%


 2007-08
 14,143
 1,466
 4,097
 19,706
 6.0%


 2008-09
 14,504
 1,618
 3,836
 19,958
 1.3%


 Orkney
 2003-04
 293
 4
 31
 328
 -


 2004-05
 344
 3
 22
 369
 12.5%


 2005-06
 460
 7
 7
 474
 28.5%


 2006-07
 510
 11
 0
 521
 9.9%


 2007-08
 502
 11
 0
 513
 -1.5%


 2008-09
 494
 16
 0
 510
 -0.6%


 Shetland
 2003-04
 286
 22
 78
 386
 -


 2004-05
 509
 7
 85
 601
 55.7%


 2005-06
 542
 18
 62
 622
 3.5%


 2006-07
 514
 38
 32
 584
 -6.1%


 2007-08
 512
 29
 117
 658
 12.7%


 2008-09
 537
 37
 80
 654
 -0.6%


 Tayside
 2003-04
 5,657
 515
 2,227
 8,399
 -


 2004-05
 5,991
 610
 2,751
 9,352
 11.3%


 2005-06
 6,552
 506
 2,998
 10,056
 7.5%


 2006-07
 6,875
 589
 2,309
 9,773
 -2.8%


 2007-08
 7,070
 623
 1,345
 9,038
 -7.5%


 2008-09
 7,241
 648
 469
 8,358
 -7.5%


 Western Isles
 2003-04
 477
 19
 0
 496
 -


 2004-05
 462
 22
 1
 485
 -2.2%


 2005-06
 489
 25
 0
 514
 6.0%


 2006-07
 512
 38
 0
 550
 7.0%


 2007-08
 561
 35
 0
 596
 8.4%


 2008-09
 652
 45
 92
 789
 32.4%



  Sources: SMR00 (Scottish outpatient records) and SMR01 (Scottish Inpatient and Day case records).

  Notes:

  a. Note that the submission of return outpatient records in SMR00 is not mandatory.

  b. From April 2003 the national reporting of surgical activity in an outpatient setting has been required and ISD has been working with NHS boards to develop full compliance nationally. At this stage only a proportion of NHS boards have achieved extensive coverage and further work will be necessary by most boards before a complete account of all outpatient surgical activity can be made.

  c. The information was extracted from the SMR00 and SMR01 data sets maintained by ISD Scotland. Note that SMR00 relates to all specialties excluding accident and emergency and genito urinary medicine.

  d. The BADS surgical procedures do not include any non-surgical care or treatment (for example, renal dialysis or chemotherapy) that may be carried out in a day-case setting.

Health

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what the anticipated number of (a) patients and (b) attendances was for the Sandyford Hub Clinic at the Vale of Leven Hospital in 2009-10 and how many patients have attended the clinic since it opened in May 2009.

Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally. However, the Scottish Government has been informed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that while greater patient and attendance numbers were expected than attended the previous service, no specific numbers were identified.

  Anticipated attendances at any new service are difficult to gauge. Attendances at new clinics increase as the service becomes known with further publicity and as more people become aware of service.

  The most recent data available from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde show that 477 patients attended the West Dunbartonshire Sexual Health Hub from May 2009 to August 2009. In comparison, 375 patients attended the Dumbarton Health Centre Family Planning Clinic during the same time period the previous year.

Health

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the draft guidance on the national eligibility criteria for adult social care and waiting times for personal and nursing care will adversely impact on preventative services for disabled adults.

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reconfiguring the draft national eligibility criteria for adult social care and waiting times for personal and nursing care following the consultation period to take into account recent policy directions such as the National Guidance on Self-Directed Support and the recommendations from Changing Lives .

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider including in the national eligibility criteria for adult social care and waiting times specific information reminding local authorities of their duty under section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to provide care and support services and services that promote wellbeing and social development.

Nicola Sturgeon: Draft guidance on a national framework for access and entitlement to services for all adult social care groups was issued to local authorities and key stakeholders for consultation on 26 May. Of the 43 responses to the consultation almost 75% raised concerns about the impact of applying an eligibility framework on preventative services, particularly for adults with disabilities. The Scottish Government and COSLA are therefore proposing that the eligibility framework and waiting time targets should apply to older people in the first instance. We recognise that preventative services are also important for older people and work will be undertaken to explore this issue in greater detail as part of our efforts to re-shape older people’s care into the future.

  The Scottish Government is currently developing guidance for local health and social care partnerships on measuring outcomes for people with learning disabilities to inform the planning and delivery of services. This will be issued in October.

  Both of these guidance documents will promote wellbeing and independent living.

Health

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being given to local authorities and NHS boards to continue the funding of preventative services for people with learning disabilities and their carers, given the emphasis on critical and substantial risk in the draft national eligibility criteria for adult social care and waiting times for personal and nursing care.

Nicola Sturgeon: The Scottish Government is producing guidance for local statutory organisations to support them in developing plans for learning disability services based on outcomes for service users. The guidance will support the role of anticipatory and preventative services in delivering quality of life outcomes for people with learning disabilities. This will be issued in October.

  Self directed support is one route for accessing preventative support. We are funding three Self Directed Support Local Authority test site areas and a project within NHS Lothian that are investigating preventive interventions with service users, including people with learning disabilities.

  In addition the Scottish Government has provided funding to the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability for a Local Area Co-ordinator national development worker. The national development worker will work to promote the local area co-ordinator role to support individuals with learning disabilities and their families and to strengthen communities’ capacity to be inclusive.

  With regards to the draft national criteria I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-27069 on 17 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility can be found at:

  http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive who the members are of the short-life working group on housing support data collection.

Alex Neil: In addition to the Housing Access and Support Statistician who will chair the group, the group will have representatives of Scottish Local Authorities, The Scottish Council for Single Homeless, the Housing Support Enabling Unit, Housing Support Providers, The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and the Scottish Government Community Care statistics team.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when the short-life working group on housing support data collection will meet.

Alex Neil: The first meeting of the group is planned for mid-October and the group should meet a further three to four times.

Housing

Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the minutes of the short-life working group on housing support data collection will be made publicly available.

Alex Neil: Yes. Minutes and papers will be published on the Housing and Regeneration Statistics Section of the Scottish Government website.

Justice

Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive for what purpose the First Minister hosted ambassadors from the state of Qatar on 11 June 2009; who participated in the meeting; whether the issue of the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was discussed, and what other issues were on the agenda.

Michael Russell: At the request of the Qatari Government, the First Minister met with their Excellencies Dr Khalid Bin Mohammed al-Attiyah, the Qatari Minister for International Co-operation and Khalid al-Hamoudi al-Mansouri, the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the UK on 11 June. The note of that meeting has been published and is available on the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/925/0085972.pdf .

Scottish Government Events

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-18761 by Michael Russell on 27 March 2009, how much it has paid Sandi Thom directly or through an agent for attending or performing at Scottish Government-supported events since November 2008, broken down by individual payment and including expenses.

Michael Russell: As stated in answer to question S3W-18761 Sandi Thom has not accepted a performance fee for any of the Scottish Government supported events she has participated in.

  In line with our commitment to proactively publish information we have today made available the payments made for entertainment provided at official Government hospitality events and from the Europe and External Affairs Budget within the Office of the First Minister portfolio since end November 2008.

  The information has been lodged in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49216).